Long-overdue disc showcases eclectic Canadian composer.

The clarinettist and conductor will perform Mozart’s masterpiece with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra before jumping on the podium to conduct Paul Dean’s brand new Clarinet Concerto.

Luke Styles’ strong score is impressive in this new chamber opera, though the storytelling could be developed.

Russian violinist brings passion to Estonian’s measured simplicity.

Brahms and Schumann bring out the softer side of Gardiner.

A neglected English composer gets some sparkling treatment.

Frustrated by the confines of classical music, conductor Charles Hazlewood formed the British Paraorchestra for professional musicians with a disability, which is on its way to the Perth Festival.

Politics and music can and do mix in poles apart symphonic takes.

What, another Four Seasons for your collection? Oh, go on then...

Harriet Cunningham celebrates the “madness” that led to the formation and running of the period ensemble as it launches a program celebrating the past and the future.

Several tastes of Holst, both before and after The Planets.

Daniel’s Mahler comes up bright as a new penny.